Show & Tell

Andrea Baer shares about designing and facilitating an interactive workshop on algorithmic bias and algorithmic awareness. The workshop has been offered both online and in-person, and it has been done in credit courses, as part of a library workshop program, and the general public.

Andrea Baer shares about designing and facilitating an interactive workshop on debunking mis- and dis-information. The workshop explores challenges to correcting false and misleading information and psychological reasons for this difficulty, as well as practical strategies for correcting misinformation.

Matthew Chase shares an innovative pathway to engage students using Mozilla Hubs, a virtual 3D collaboration technology. Participants will learn how Hubs can be effective and accessible for a variety of information literacy purposes, including instruction, scholarship, conferencing, and engagement.

Matthew Chase, University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences, will share his experiences and insights in using Mozilla Spoke, an online 3D scene editor and developer tool that allows you to customize and design interactive virtual reality spaces for the open-source platform, Mozilla Hubs.

Michelle Price from St. John Fisher College will share about the college-wide iPad initiative at her institution where students were given an iPad with access to the same suite of software, including Notabilty. Michelle will give examples of how she purposefully integrated iPad technological into library instruction.

Librarians at the Joseph F. Smith (JFS) Library at BYU–Hawaii are reimagining library services and spaces to address the way our faculty and students have been affected due to the pandemic.

Taylor Worsham will share her experience in advancing digital literacy through instructional sessions at the local senior center. She will share techniques on how to make topics more accessible and easier for senior audiences to understand and implement into their lives.

April Sheppard (Arkansas State University) will show how using analogies and pop culture in information literacy instruction can shatter the stereotypes of libraries and librarians, helping you become the “hilarious” librarian who “makes a boring topic interesting.”

Sonnet Ireland is the Director of the Washington Parish Public Library. She has written articles and given presentations on the topic of fake news both locally and nationally. Much of her research is focused on ways to counteract fake news through public news/media literacy.

We all have someone who is a little bit older and needs help with technology. This is where the Grandpad comes in. .GrandPad is designed with seniors in mind—the innovative device comes with features for connecting with loved ones, without the complicated features of other tablets.